Library Inventory with Miss Pedersen

Library Computers, Clean-up, and Inventory

It has been a whirlwind, this coming to the end of the school year, and with it, plenty has been happening in our library. Mr. Zuber has brought us another printer that will print much more quickly than our old one, and the library computers are set up. Students have been making use of them since their day of arrival, as secondary students have been in finishing assignments and doing research, and elementary students have been doing OPAC searches for books and answering the library weekly trivia questions.

Speaking of whirlwinds, the last few weeks have seen record numbers of students in to help out during their recess times. Last week especially they came through like a cleaning tornado -- taking down posters, dusting, vacuuming, reshelving books, covering books, and doing end-of-year room clean out for us. Thanks Ashley R., Anna, Kristina, Liz, Riya, Kayla, Andrew, Gavin, Rick, Julianna, Juliet, and Nadya. We are so proud of you!

Time finally has come for our end-of-year inventory. What is involved, one may wonder? Inventory means taking every book and AV item off the shelves to scan into the computer and verify that our computer records match up with the actual holdings of our library. Considering we have in the neighborhood of 18,000 items, and our library automation system tech support states it takes 2-3 seconds to scan in each item, we expect to spend 60-90 hours on the job. While in process, we are also doing repairs, discarding well-worn items, cleaning, and getting the library ready for its summer hibernation. It is a big job, but we believe it to be worth the extra effort, as we upgrade our computer records to better serve our school community. We are looking for volunteers: anyone interested in lending a hand with inventory during the weeks of June 22nd and June 29th, please let Miss Gleason know.